Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Grand Duke Jean's funeral

Arjan Brouwer drove several hours from his home in the Netherlands to Luxembourg to witness the arrivals and departures of guests and members of the Grand Ducal Royal family on May 4 at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Luxembourg-ville.

Arjan is the copyright holder of the photos. He gave me permission to crop the photos.

My thanks to Arjan for allowing me to use the photos.  You can follow him on Twitter.  @RoyalArjan


Helene Vestsur, the first wife of Prince Jean of Luxembourg

Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoleon, and Countess Olympia Arco

Archduchess Anne Gabriele, widow of Archduke Rudolf,  and Archduke Istvan, son of the late Archduke Felix.  Felix and Rudolf were first cousins of the late Grand Duke Jean.


Prince Georg Fredrich of Prussia

Crown Prince Leka of Albania


Archduke Karl of Austria, head of the former ruling house. His father, Archduke Otto, was a first cousin of Grand Duke Jean.

The Duke and Duchess of Parma.  His father Carlos Hugo was a first cousin of Grand Duke Jean

The Duke and Duchess of Braganza

Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto, younger son of the Duke and Duchess of Braganza

Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania and Prince Radu


Former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy and Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco.

Prince Hassan of Jordan

The Princess Royal

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands

Queen Sofia of Spain

Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein

Princess Elisabeth of the Belgians with her parents, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde


Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz of Belgium with King Albert II and Queen Paola




Princess Lea, widow of Prince Alexandre, younger half-brother of King Albert, and Prince Laurent

King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway and the King's sister, Princess Astrid





Members of the Grand Ducal family






Princess Claire and Prince Felix and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie and Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume



Archduchess Kathleen, Archduke Imre, Archduchess Marie Christine and her husband Count Rodolphe of Limburg-Stirum

Archduke Christoph and his wife Archduchess Adelaide and Archduke Imre and his wife Archduchess Kathleen


Antonius Wilms (the husband of Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Nassau), Princess Marie Astrid, Prince Josef-Emanuel, Princess Maria-Annunciata of Liechtenstein, Archduke Alexander, Archduke Christoph, Archduchess Gabriella


Princess Marie Gabrielle of Nassau and her husband, Antonius Wilms

Prince jean, Prince Leopold, Prince Constantin, Prince Carl-Johan and Prince Wenceslas of Nassau




Grand Ducal Palace




After the service the Grand Ducal family

Archduchess Marie Christine with her son, Count Leopold of Limburg-Stirum and her cousin, Prince Sebastien




Prince Leopold and Princess Charlotte of Nassau


Queen Margrethe II


King Carl XVI of Sweden


King and Queen of Norway with his sister Princess Astrid






King Philippe and Queen Mathilde and Princess Elisabeth  and Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz




Albert II, Prince of Monaco



Hereditary Prince and Princess of Liechtenstein




Queen Sofia and King Juan Carlos



Princess Beatrix



the Princess Royal

the duke and duchess of Gloucester




Countess Mountbatten of Burma






Prince Hassan and Princess Sarvath.  He is the younger brother of the late King Hussein



Queen Anne Marie and Crown Prince Pavlos of the Hellenes




Margareta and Radu of Romania, followed by Crown Princess Miriam of Bulgaria, widow of Crown Prince Kardam, and Archduke Karl of Austria





Princess Sophie de Ligne and Prince Robert of Luxembourg,  first cousins.  Sophie is the daughter of the late Princess de Ligne (nee Princess Alix of Luxembourg, younger sister of Grand Duke Jean)

Duke and Duchess of Parma

Crown Prince of Leka

Crown Prince Leka of Albania and Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia

in the midde of the Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg


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Prince Robert and the Duke and Duchess of Parma


the Count of Paris


Duke Franz of Bavaria on the left





Prince Georg Friedrich talks with Princess Anastasia and Prince Aloys-Konstantin.  Georg Friedrich's father and Anastasia were first cousins



the Prince and Princess of Ligne, Princess Gloria of Thurn und Taxis,  the Count and Countess of Waldburg-Zeil (Countess has white hair)

Duchess of Castro on the right,  two rows behind her Prince Jean Christphe Napoleon and Countess Olympia Arco-Zinneberg.

Hereditary Prince and Princess of Baden



Archduchess Anna Gabriele and Archduchess Catharina

Don de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú and Prince Charles-Louis Lobkowicz



Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria with her son-in-law Duke Philipp and his wife, Duchess Marie-Caroline

Princess Anne de Ligne and her husband Charles de Fabribeckers 

Prince Serge of Yugoslavia

Ivana Jarmin, Helene Vestsur and Kathyrn Mechie.  The two women are the girlfriends of Prince Carl-Johann and Prince Constantin)

Hereditary Prince Carl-Philipp of Croy, whose grandmother, Gabrielle, died a few days before Grand Duke Jean and the Prince of Beira and Duke of Porto, sons of the Duke of Braganza

Maria Teresa, Grand Duke Henri, Archduchess Marie Astrid and Archduke Christian,  Princess Margaretha and Prince Nikolaus





Prince Jean and his wife, Diane.
















4 comments:

susan.74 said...

Thanks for the wealth of pictures. I believe the woman identified as Countess Mountbatten of Burma may actually be the Duchess of Gloucester

Marlene Eilers Koenig said...

Lady Mpuntbatten also atten the funeral. In one photo she is in the right and Birgitte is in the left behind the car

Royal Travel and Events said...

The one you have identidfied as pricness Annde Ligne are Countess Marie Gabriele of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg and her husband Count Bernard de Monseignat.

Wendy Hunter said...

Thank you so much for these wonderful photos. My husband and I were in Luxembourg ten days before the Grand Duke passed away. We visited the Cathedral and the Crypt and I commented that, hopefully not in the near future, we would see events in this building. I was hoping for Princess Alexandra’s wedding one day, but sadly it was the funeral of the Grand Duke. These candid photos bring back memories of that day, which was also rainy.